QUIZ # 4


2) Anne Mawathe. “Coronavirus: Why Africans should take part in vaccine trials.” BBC. May 18, 2020. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52678741

 

 After reading this article, I realized the issue is not European scientists wanting to take advantage of the low socio-economic availability of impoverished populations such as Africa to test vaccinations, but the issue is impoverished countries not having access to  adequate health care and modern medicine. Based on an article in the magazine the African Renewal, December 2016 - March 2017,  approximately 1.6 million Africans died of Malaria, Tuberculosis, and HIV Related illnesses in 2015. These diseases could be cured with the appropriate medication, however, because most of those medication are produced in other countries, they are very costly, and not too many people in Africa can’t afford them. Only less than 2% of the much needed drugs are produced in the African continent. In addition, because African people do not have access to health care, diseases that could be prevented very easily with a vaccination or easily available drugs in developed country such as malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, is not the case in Africa.  In the contrary, 50% of the children under five who die to pneumonia, diarrhea, measles, HIV, tuberculosis are from Africa. I’d wish the South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa should walk the talk when he stated “Nobody should be pushed to the back of the vaccine queue because of where they live or what they earn” and spend more money on improving the health care access to his people.


Pheage, Tefo.African Renewal. Dying for lack of medicine.december 2015.march 2017.. 

https://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/december-2016-march-2017/dying-lack-medicines

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Final Research Presentation

Image
                                                    It has been a great class! Please copy and past the link below to see my presentation. Thanks for being such a kind audience!                                                                                   https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B_UtPZEWVt6z6NntvCpTfLMSj82mn7mD/view?usp=sharing   July 12, 2020   Dear cousin Carmen,   I hope this letter finds you and your family well.      While watching the news today, I see that the  pandemic has affected many people: here in the United States alone, 134,000 have died , and 3,184,000 have been infected by the Covid 19. It has affected our life here in California as well, some more than others. I find myself working on my computer from home more than ever, and competing for internet access with my children and neighbors all the time. We are able to go out more now, so we do not have to be in our small apartment as we did at the beginning of the pandemic.  Luckily, we have acc
Read more

Big History

 “Big History.” What is Big History? International Big History Association blog states that “ Big History seeks to understand the integrated history of the Cosmos, Earth, Life, and Humanity, using the best available empirical evidence and scholarly methods”. The manner in which I understand it is that there is a big correlation between the physicality of our planet with the events that have shaped our human history: one thing had not existed had not the big bang had occurred. Everything is interlinked with history: science, physics, biology, sociology, geology, so history is viewed within this context. I had never heard that concept before, but now that I have read about it, it does make sense that history is taught this way.                          Sources: " What is Big History " bighistory.org, n.p. 2020 < https://bighistory.org/whatisbighistory/ > Green, John, " The Big Bang: Crash Course Big History #1 " youtube.com . Sep 17, 2014 < https://www.youtub
Read more

Introduction:

I was born and raised in Mexico and came here when I was 18 years old. It has taken me a lifetime to complete my bachelor degree. I have taken many classes in different community colleges, and have obtained many certificates, but it is until now that I am close to obtaining my Bachelor's in Human Services.  I am a parent engagement coordinator for a local  high school, and I work very closely with the Latino and Asian parents -I truly love my job! I am also a spouse and mother of three young women. One of my passions is Mexican folk dance, and my youngest daughter shares this passion as well. In fact, she has been dancing for over 10 years, and I have been her number one supporter. I believe  folk dance fascinates me because it reflects the historical, anthropological and cultural background of a country. I am very excited to take this class. After I read Professor Andres' blog regarding this class, I noticed the context in which this class will be taught is very insightful:  i
Read more